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Portugal and Spain swelter in heatwave, wildfire risk grows 12 Jul 2022 - 06:19 pm

LISBON: Soaring temperatures in Portugal forced authorities to place more than half the country on red alert on Tuesday and deploy hundreds of...

WHO says COVID-19 remains a global health emergency 12 Jul 2022 - 05:46 pm

LONDON: The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that COVID-19 remains a global emergency, nearly 2-1/2 years after it was first declared. The...

UK leadership candidate Sunak: we can't promise lower taxes and more spending 12 Jul 2022 - 03:27 pm

LONDON: Britain's former finance minister, Rishi Sunak, set out his leadership campaign pitch on Tuesday, offering himself up as an "honest" prime minister...

Putin to visit Tehran next week to meet with Iranian and Turkish counterparts 12 Jul 2022 - 03:26 pm

Moscow:Russian President Vladimir Putin is going to make a foreign trip to meet his Iranian and Turkish counterparts, according to the Kremlin. Kremlin...

'We miss home': rebuilding lives one year after Europe's deadly floods 12 Jul 2022 - 03:18 pm

BAD NEUENAHR, Germany: Standing in what was once his home, Erich Braun-von der Heiden stretches out his arm and points up to an...

Russia registers first case of monkeypox 12 Jul 2022 - 03:06 pm

MOSCOW: Russia registered its first case of monkeypox, consumer safety watchdog Rospotrebnadzor said on Tuesday. The watchdog said in a statement that the...

London's Heathrow airport caps departing passengers at 100,000 a day 12 Jul 2022 - 02:12 pm

LONDON: London's Heathrow said it would cap the number of departing passengers at 100,000 a day this summer to try to limit traveller...

7 People killed, more than 60 injured in Ukrainian bombing of a Russian-Controlled city 12 Jul 2022 - 12:46 pm

Moscow:At least seven people have been killed and more than 60 injured in an attack by Ukrainian armed forces in the Russian-held town...

Putin expands fast-track Russian citizenship to all Ukrainians 11 Jul 2022 - 08:03 pm

KHARKIV: As Russian missiles struck a key Ukrainian city, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday expanding a fast-track procedure of...

Germany, Czech Republic pledge solidarity as Russian gas flows stop 11 Jul 2022 - 07:51 pm

BERLIN: Germany and the Czech Republic on Monday signed a joint declaration, pledging to overcome Russian fossil fuel dependency and to accelerate the...

UK's Javid sets out tax-cutting plan in pitch to be next prime minister 11 Jul 2022 - 07:03 pm

LONDON: Sajid Javid, a contender to replace Boris Johnson as Britain's prime minister, said on Monday he would cut a slew of taxes...

No fries till autumn at some of McDonald's Russian successor restaurants 11 Jul 2022 - 06:22 pm

MOSCOW: Excitement was on the menu when former McDonald's restaurants reopened in Russia last month under new management and branding, but the successor...

Spain's running of the bulls: 3 people gored 11 Jul 2022 - 04:46 pm

Pamplona: A tense fifth bull run at Pamplona’s San Fermín Festival on Monday left three people gored, including one American, and three others...

EU recommends second COVID booster for over-60s 11 Jul 2022 - 12:30 pm

BRUSSELS/LONDON: European Union health agencies on Monday recommended a second COVID-19 booster for everyone above 60 amid a new rise in infections and...

Death toll from Russian rocket attack on apartment block rises to 18 -Ukraine 11 Jul 2022 - 10:19 am

KYIV: The death toll from a Russian rocket attack that hit an apartment block in eastern Ukraine over the weekend rose to 18...

Gas pipeline shutdown starts amid German suspicion of Russia 11 Jul 2022 - 09:44 am

BERLIN:A major gas pipeline from Russia to Germany was shutting down for annual maintenance on Monday amid German concern that Russia may not...

Heathrow apologises for poor service, could ask for more flights cuts 11 Jul 2022 - 09:28 am

LONDON: London's Heathrow Airport apologised for unacceptable service in recent weeks, with long queues, delays for those with reduced mobility and baggage issues,...